Dave Barnes

435-***-****

Senior ERP Project Manager

SUMMARY

With a collaborative style and experience in multiple industries and organization sizes I can deliver results in both leadership and consulting roles. I specialize in business process optimization and reengineering, project and program management, organizational change management, training and quality improvement.

Expert in finance, supply chain, and manufacturing operations strategy and technology. Proven track record achieving results while leading functional and technical teams. Effective in leading project teams through organizational transformation, system implementation, integration and related business processes critical to program success. Creative leader focused on developing trusted relationships with all stakeholders to drive opportunities and increase efficiency.

EXPERIENCE

Independent ERP/Business Consultant June 2020 to Present

Hands on consulting manager participating in every phase of the implementation and support process from pre-sales to implementation, training, and change management.

Generated positive results as the finance and supply chain/manufacturing subject matter expert working directly with many different organizations implementing new systems and processes.

Devised and documented new procedures, policies, and business processes. Created training materials and guided the organizational change management efforts.

Managed relationships emphasizing close cross team cooperation while utilizing a remote resource and project management approach designed to reduce costs and increase efficiencies.

Collaborated with many third-party software and service providers to bring effective solutions and seamless integration to customers covering a wide variety of business processes.

Maintained the customer relationship through the difficult phases of business transformation and implementation including training and organizational change management.

DSD - San Diego, CA August 2019 to June 2020

Acumatica Project Manager/Trainer/Senior Consultant

Responsible for the implementation of Acumatica software, training, and organizational change management for multiple clients across many different industries.

oPublishers Development Corporation – Magazine publishing and distribution

oEuroptics – Retail eyeglass and sunglass locations

oMINCA – Property and asset management company with over 90 distinct divisions

oDIG Irrigation – Manufacturer of drip irrigation and sprinkler products

oCoolhouse Botanicals – Manufacturer of CBD infused pet foods

oYourSuper Foods – Supplement manufacturer

oQuality Tank Systems – Manufacturer of stainless steel tanks for the brewing industry

Blytheco - Laguna Hills, CA January 2019 to May 2019

Acumatica Integration/Senior Consultant

Worked with a Private Equity firm consolidating three custom cardboard box die cutting manufacturing companies into one organization.

Brought each organization onto a single Acumatica platform and devised and documented standardized finance and supply chain processes.

Responsible to train the management resources at three separate companies on the new system as well as the new business processes and procedures.

Premier Computing - Salt Lake City, UT August 2017 to September 2018

Senior Consultant (NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics, Acumatica)

Implemented Acumatica finance, supply chain, and manufacturing systems and processes for the following:

oFireFly Equipment – Manufacturer of turf harvesting equipment. (Acumatica)

oRust Enterprises – Consolidated several retail and production businesses onto a single finance and reporting platform. (Acumatica)

oNetSuite Clients Support Tickets

oMicrosoft Dynamics Support Tickets

Consulting Group Inc. - Salt Lake City, UT 2002 to 2017

ERP Independent Consultant (PeopleSoft, Oracle EBS, NetSuite)

Managed finance and supply chain implementation and process improvement teams for PeopleSoft, Oracle EBS, and NetSuite ERP Software.

Customer focused while balancing team, partner, and project success.

Experienced problem solver, often called in to succeed where others have failed.

Worked with many leading software implementation methodologies and best practices.

Developed and documented new policies and procedures, performance metrics, resource development tools, and various other tools to provide continuous improvement.

Responsible for all aspects of the implementation change management and support efforts for enterprise level finance and supply chain software projects.

Lead cross-functional teams of both customer and project resources as well as on site and off site development resources.

Performed project planning, risk management, resource planning, progress reporting, budgeting, and delivery of project documentation and deliverables.

Established relationships with and managed third party vendors and service providers.

Responsible for collaboration with and communication between project performers and stakeholders.

Process improvement specialist for finance and supply chain software and processes.

Attensity Corporation - Salt Lake City, UT 2000 to 2002

Director of Implementation

Member of the Executive Team focused on developing Natural Language Processing software to conduct data analytics on unstructured text.

Worked with this team to determine company strategy, secure funding, and design products.

Started as the fourteenth employee and helped grow the company to over 150 employees.

Responsible for all client specific product development, configuration, testing, and implementation.

Designed the client engagement methodology and implementation strategy for all company products.

Worked closely with the CIO and Development Manager to guide a development team of eight software developers and six linguists through several product development cycles.

Worked closely with the VP of Sales and Marketing to provide technical sales support.

Managed the implementation of the software at several Fortune 100 Companies and Government agencies.

Consulting Firm (TIP) - Denver, CO 1998 to 2000

Consulting Manager

Joined a small consulting company with 16 employees and two practice lines (PeopleSoft and JDE) and helped grow the company to over 120 consultants in under two years.

Managed and participated in PeopleSoft upgrades and implementation projects with consulting teams ranging in size from six to twelve resources.

Helped create standardized tools and documentation to be used on all TIP upgrade projects.

Worked on sales and proposal teams and managed client engagements.

Held practice management positions and was responsible for interviewing, evaluating, and hiring new resources as well as managing existing resources.

Consulting Firm - San Francisco, CA 1996 to 1998

Senior Consultant

Functional Lead on a PeopleSoft Purchasing 7.0 implementation at Honda of America.

Functional Lead on a PeopleSoft Purchasing and Inventory 7.0 implementation at Sprint.

Managed teams of resources ranging in size from four resources up to 10 resources.

Member of the PeopleSoft Practice Committee responsible for business and resource development.

Participated in many proposals and RFP responses for new PeopleSoft projects.

Developed new recruiting channels at several Universities and actively recruited new employees.

Mentored several new employees.

Consulting Firm - San Francisco, CA 1995 to 1996

Consultant

Trained as a C+ programmer and assigned to a project creating a custom billing system coded in C+ for Northern States Power in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Team member and lead on a PeopleSoft Purchasing implementation for ITT Sheraton in Las Vegas.

Created the detail specifications for several modifications. Conducted user acceptance testing and outlined additional necessary modifications.

Team lead responsible for system testing the modifications and documenting all test team results.

EDUCATION

B.A. in Chinese and Asian Studies - Brigham Young University, Provo, UT

Fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese

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